News from Brisbane
Brisbane residents are cautioned to be on the alert for measles, after a case was diagnosed in a man who recently returned from overseas. Metro North Public Health Unit confirmed… Continue reading Measles warning after confirmed Brisbane case
An Indigenous woman has been ordered to pay the legal costs of three QUT students after a failed racial vilification case. Cynthia Prior unsuccessfully tried to sue three young men… Continue reading Queensland woman ordered to pay legal costs after failed Facebook racial vilification case
A school on Brisbane’s northside is in lockdown as police investigate a suspicious package left under a car in the school car park. Police were called to Boondall Primary School… Continue reading Boondall Primary School in lockdown after suspicious package found in car park
A man under arrest has managed to hijack a police car before crashing it and injuring two officers north of Brisbane, according to police. Police first confronted the man while… Continue reading Arrested man ‘hijacks, crashes police car’ at Bellmere
Seven fire crews are currently fighting to contain a fire burning near Grogan Road, Morayfield. Queensland Fire and Emergency Services are conducting back burning operations to contain the blaze which… Continue reading Fire ablaze in Grogan Road, Morayfield
A policeman has appeared in court charged with assaulting a 16-year-old boy south of Brisbane. Robert Richardson, 40, of North Lakes, is accused of attacking the teenager at Parkinson on… Continue reading Queensland cop in court on assault charges
Police are searching for a male cyclist after a bus driver was attacked in Brisbane city last week. A male bus driver was driving along Adelaide Street between Creek Street and… Continue reading Police search for cyclist after Brisbane bus driver attack
Police have discovered human remains at a property in Brisbane’s north. Police were called to Autism Queensland on North Road at Brighton after human remains, believed to be male, were… Continue reading Human remains found on Brisbane’s northside
A doctor involved in the evacuation of a sick Iranian asylum seeker from Manus Island recommended he be flown to Brisbane ahead of Port Moresby due to Papua New Guinea’s… Continue reading Hamid Khazaei: Doctor wanted sick asylum seeker on Manus Island sent to Brisbane, not Port Moresby
A Cirque Du Soleil performer has escaped serious injury after falling and landing on her head during a show in Brisbane. Paramedics were called to the big top at Skygate,… Continue reading Cirque du Soleil acrobat falls on head during Brisbane show
A pilot has had to make a terrifying emergency landing at a Brisbane airport after problems with his landing gear. It was a nervous wait for onlookers at https://s.yimg.com/dh/ap/default/161125/Plane_art2_thumb.png as… Continue reading Terrifying moment pilot touches down in Brisbane with missing wheel
A movement is emerging towards smaller and more sustainable homes, as the dream of buying a house increasingly becomes out of reach for most young people in Australia. The tiny… Continue reading How a young Brisbane family with a baby live in an 18-square-metre tiny house
